chaponner
French
Etymology
Derived from chapon + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃa.pɔ.ne/
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Verb
chaponner
- to caponize, castrate (a cockerel)
- (Louisiana) to castrate
- Tu vas te faire chaponner!
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (dated) to cut (the ears, etc.) off (of a hide, as part of tanning it)
Conjugation
Conjugation of chaponner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | chaponner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | chaponnant /ʃa.pɔ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | chaponné /ʃa.pɔ.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | chaponne /ʃa.pɔn/ | chaponnes /ʃa.pɔn/ | chaponne /ʃa.pɔn/ | chaponnons /ʃa.pɔ.nɔ̃/ | chaponnez /ʃa.pɔ.ne/ | chaponnent /ʃa.pɔn/ |
| imperfect | chaponnais /ʃa.pɔ.nɛ/ | chaponnais /ʃa.pɔ.nɛ/ | chaponnait /ʃa.pɔ.nɛ/ | chaponnions /ʃa.pɔ.njɔ̃/ | chaponniez /ʃa.pɔ.nje/ | chaponnaient /ʃa.pɔ.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | chaponnai /ʃa.pɔ.ne/ | chaponnas /ʃa.pɔ.na/ | chaponna /ʃa.pɔ.na/ | chaponnâmes /ʃa.pɔ.nam/ | chaponnâtes /ʃa.pɔ.nat/ | chaponnèrent /ʃa.pɔ.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | chaponnerai /ʃa.pɔn.ʁe/ | chaponneras /ʃa.pɔn.ʁa/ | chaponnera /ʃa.pɔn.ʁa/ | chaponnerons /ʃa.pɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | chaponnerez /ʃa.pɔn.ʁe/ | chaponneront /ʃa.pɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | chaponnerais /ʃa.pɔn.ʁɛ/ | chaponnerais /ʃa.pɔn.ʁɛ/ | chaponnerait /ʃa.pɔn.ʁɛ/ | chaponnerions /ʃa.pɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ | chaponneriez /ʃa.pɔ.nə.ʁje/ | chaponneraient /ʃa.pɔn.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | chaponne /ʃa.pɔn/ | chaponnes /ʃa.pɔn/ | chaponne /ʃa.pɔn/ | chaponnions /ʃa.pɔ.njɔ̃/ | chaponniez /ʃa.pɔ.nje/ | chaponnent /ʃa.pɔn/ |
| imperfect2 | chaponnasse /ʃa.pɔ.nas/ | chaponnasses /ʃa.pɔ.nas/ | chaponnât /ʃa.pɔ.na/ | chaponnassions /ʃa.pɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ | chaponnassiez /ʃa.pɔ.na.sje/ | chaponnassent /ʃa.pɔ.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | chaponne /ʃa.pɔn/ | — | chaponnons /ʃa.pɔ.nɔ̃/ | chaponnez /ʃa.pɔ.ne/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “chaponner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.